Emotional Support
Dimension 805 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Emotional Support measures the perceived availability, adequacy, and use of caring, understanding, and emotionally helpful relationships, especially in the context of distress or emotional problems. It encompasses whether an expression conveys having people to talk to, rely on, or receive comfort and guidance from.
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Absent Emotional Support
Expressions activating this band do not clearly convey emotionally supportive relationships and instead contain unrelated health, administrative, or general life content, with only occasional vague references to feelings or help.
Limited Emotional Support
Expressions activating this band convey emotionally supportive ties in a general or situational way, such as wanting support, valuing close others, or noting some family help or someone to talk to. Support is present as a relevant concern but not yet framed as a stable, dependable resource.
Moderate Emotional Support
Expressions activating this band describe emotional support as an active need or experience alongside emotional strain, including visits, help from others, and discussion of whether available support matches what is needed. The expression often links support to coping with anxiety, depression, irritability, or emotional safety.
Strong Emotional Support
Expressions activating this band present emotional support as available, dependable, and usable when needed. They emphasize being able to count on others, receive help with problems or decisions, and feel satisfied with support from family or other close people.
Intense Emotional Support
Expressions activating this band center almost entirely on emotional support as a salient, strongly foregrounded resource. The expression conveys highly prominent access to emotional help, comfort, or understanding from others.
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Minimal Emotional Support: Content characterized by going, closed, original, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect emotional support at this level.
Emerging Emotional Support: Content characterized by firm, support, emotionally, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect emotional support at this level.
Elevated Emotional Support: Content characterized by emotional, support, emotionally, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect emotional support at this level.
Severe Emotional Support: Content characterized by emotional, support, immense, and related themes. Expressions activating this band reflect emotional support at this level.